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Boating Etiquette 101: Docking, Fueling, and More! Dockwa
In boating, etiquette isn’t just about being polite but also about safety.
Boating Etiquette 101:
Docking, Fueling, and More!
In boating, etiquette isn’t just about being polite but also about safety. So you shouldn’t take it lightly, specifically if you’re new to boating. But, unfortunately, no one has written down these so-called rules–well, until now.
If you’re a first-timer simply asking another friend that boats is unreliable as every boater is different, and some might play by their own rules. In this case, it’s best to trust us, the experts.
Below you’ll find some boating etiquette basics, from the “rules of the road” to docking and dock manners, fueling, and more, plus other helpful blogs so you can avoid being THAT boater everyone loves to hate.
Ramps and Trailer Etiquette
If you’re using a trailer, there are a few things you need to know before hitting the road, like checking your trailer lights and brakes before heading to the ramp. You don’t want to be the boater who has to call a tow!
Fueling
If you’re running low on fuel, it’s time to head to the gas dock. When refueling your boat, there are several things to keep in mind. For example, NEVER leave your boat unattended while fueling!
Docking and Dock Manners
If you’re new to boating, docking can be one of the most daunting tasks, especially if you’re trying to dock in a crowded marina. But, don’t worry; with a bit of practice (and patience), you’ll be docking like a pro in no time! Our best advice is to remain calm.
For more helpful tips and advice for your VHF radio conduct, anchoring, respecting your neighbors, your guests, and pets, and keeping the waters green, check out our full article below!
These rules help keep the waterways clean and friendly, making boating a more pleasant experience for everyone. The guidelines also help ensure safety while boating. In addition, boaters familiar with and adhering to boating etiquette will have a fun, trouble-free time out on the water!
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Offshore wind turbine impacts a trade-off, panelists say
Construction of wind turbines off the North Carolina coast could affect birds and marine life, and while scientists and others seek more information on the extent of those effects, those who spoke during a forum last week in Wilmington said climate change is likely a greater threat.
Offshore wind turbine impacts a trade-off, panelists say
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In addition, the nucs provide power 24/7.
- Reply to Mike
The article states that "The Kitty Hawk WEA and Wilmington East WEA are under lease. These areas have the combined potential to generate upwards of 4 gigawatts of power, the equivalent output of four nuclear power plants." That is not really factually accurate when comparing apples to apples.
It is true that the nameplate capacity of the wind farm and four nuclear plants are both 4 gigawatts. But the capacity factor of a nuclear power plant ( the amount of power it actually produces compared to the nameplate capacity) is 90%. So 4 nuclear plants are capable of producing 3.6 gigawatts of power 24/7, 365 days a year. The average capacity factor of an off shore wind turbine is 45%. So the off shore wind farm is capable of producing 1.8 gigawatts of power 24/7, 365 days a year. A good amount of power for sure, but only the equivalent of 2 typical nuclear plants.
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Why a Ship’s Speed is Measured in Knots
Ancient mariners used to gauge how fast their ship was moving by throwing a piece of wood or other floatable object over the vessel’s bow then counting the amount of time that elapsed before its stern passed the object.
Why is a ship’s speed measured in knots?
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Georgia Stewardship Programs Funds Coastal Estuary Restoration
There are five cuts in the Satilla River basin, including the often used Umbrella Cut, an alternate route for ICW cruisers. This estuary restoration does not include Umbrella Cut or the Floyd Creek Cut. See Umbrella Cut.
Georgia Outdoor Stewardship Program helps fund coastal estuary restoration
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July OBX Park News – Your Official Sneak Peek: Pathways to Your National Parks!
Outer Banks Forever is proud to support our Outer Banks national parks in a variety of ways — large and small.
Your Official Sneak Peek:
Pathways to Your National Parks!Outer Banks Forever is proud to support our Outer Banks national parks in a variety of ways — large and small. Today, we’re excited to share more with you about our largest undertaking to date, our Pathways to Your National Parks project! The first stage of this project will allow our parks to build a new paved, multi-use path on the grounds of the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse that will better connect our community and our parks.
Check out this video courtesy of our friends at REAL Watersports to learn more about this exciting project and be on the lookout for more details in the coming weeks!
See you in our parks,
Director, Outer Banks ForeverSupport Our Parks Today Meet Your Ranger: Isabel Gonzalez
We’d like you introduce you to Isabel Gonzalez,Latino Heritage Internship Program (LHIP) Intern atFort Raleigh National Historic Site. She spends her workdays sharing the stories of the Freedmen’s Colony, the Carolina Algonquian peoples, and European settlers on Roanoke Island, swearing in new Junior Rangers, designing new educational wayside signs, and helping park visitors have the best experience possible.
When she’s not working, you can find Isabel listening to music, exploring the outdoors, baking, and sewing!
Meet Isabel Partner Spotlight: Swells’a Brewing Beer Company
We’re excited to introduce you to our friends at Swells’a Brewing!Sam Harriss and her co-owners opened their beautiful brewery in Kill Devil Hills with a passion for brewing beer and a commitment to protecting the environment. We’re grateful they’ve chosen to partner with us through their 1% For the Planet membership. Each year, they will donate 1% of their profits directly to us to help us protect and enhance our Outer Banks national parks.
Check out our Partner Spotlight to hear from Sam about how Swells’a Brewing got started and what its unique name means!
Learn More All About Sea Turtles: Sea Turtle Hatchlings
Our Ask A BioTech series continues this month with your most asked questions about sea turtle hatchlings!
Supervisory Biological Technician Paul Doshkov gives us a look at the early lives of these favorite island visitors, including how they find their way to the ocean, what they eat, and the threats they face. (Hint: you can help prevent some of these!)
Learn More There’s Still Time to Adopt Your Sea Turtle Nest!
Thank you to everyone who has adopted a sea turtle nest this summer! Biological technicians at Cape Hatteras National Seashore are tracking 260 nests (and counting) so far this season, a significant increase in nests from last year.
Through our Adopt A Sea Turtle Nest program, you can symbolically adopt an active sea turtle nest at the Seashore and receive an official adoption certificate and information about your specific nest when it hatches.
We expect the first nests to start hatching in the next few weeks and we currently have 151 nests that have been adopted. Our goal is to have 200 nests adopted by the end of August when we’ll close adoptions for the season — we’re almost there!
Adopt Your Nest Today Please note: Nature belongs to all of us. No individual or group that participates in this program may claim ownership of a sea turtle nest, eggs, or hatchlings. For the safety of the sea turtles, your exact nest location will not be shared until after it has hatched.Photo Credits: Isabel Gonzalez, Swells’a Brewing Beer Company,
Cape Hatteras National Seashore.Video Credit: Jeffrey O’Neil, REAL Watersports.
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Umbrella Cut – A Good Alternate Route When St. Andrew Sound is Rough, AICW Statue Mile 685
The choppy water problem while running the AICW’s passage across Georgia’s St. Andrew Sound results from the Waterway’s passage practically out into the briny blue, in order to clear Horseshoe Shoal, which occupies the Sound’s mid-width. Recognizing the potential for very dusty crossing here, the US Army Corps of Engineers has provided an alternate route, known as Umbrella Cut, BUT low water depths on this alternate passage can run as thin as 4 1/2 feet.
Click Here To Open A Chart View Window, Zoomed To the Location of Northern End of Umbrella Cut
Image Courtesy of Jim and Peg Healy
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Shared Photo – Savannah Cut by William Harrell
Our thanks to William Harrell for this beautiful drone photo.
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Mysterious Disease Killing Corals
Biologists race to learn what it is and maybe how to thwart it.
Mystery disease is killing Caribbean corals
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The Surprising Consequences of a Seaweed Switcheroo
In the ocean off southwest England, cold-water kelp is being replaced by a warm-water species, with profound effects for the local ecosystem.
The Surprising Consequences of a Seaweed Switcheroo
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The Controversial Plan to Unleash the Mississippi
Our long history of constraining the river through levees has led to massive land loss in its delta. Can we engineer our way out? And at what cost?
The Controversial Plan to Unleash the Mississippi by Boyce Upholt
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New Pennecamp State Park Coral Cam, Key Largo, FL
The Friends of John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park and Dagny Johnson Key Largo Hammock Botanical State Park are taking this famous sentiment one step further – by installing a state-of-the-art coral camera to showcase what lives in our waters.
The Coral Cam presents a beautiful undersea vista. CONTRIBUTED
NEW PENNEKAMP STATE PARK CORAL CAM GIVES A VIEW INTO THE BLUE – Florida
Keys WeeklyClick Here To View the Cruisers Net Florida Keys Marina Directory Listing For John Pennekamp Marina
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Sunset Beach Club, Fishermen’s Village, Charlotte Harbor, Punta Gorda, FL
There is always plenty to do around Charlotte Harbor, especially at the Sunset Beach Club! While berthed at Fishermen’s Village Marina, A CRUISERS NET SPONSOR, you are certain to enjoy visiting Western Florida’s beautiful Charlotte Harbor/Peace River.
Click link for a calendar of events for Sunset Beach Club August 2022
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Click Here To View the Western Florida Cruisers Net Marina Directory Listing For Fishermen’s Village
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U-boat artifacts, divers reveal history of Torpedo Junction
A new exhibit at the Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum reminds us that a vicious German U-boat campaign in the early months of World War II had once raged offshore the barrier islands, setting the sea ablaze and filling the air with explosions.
A simulated view through a submarine’s periscope is included in the new exhibit at the Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum. Photo: Catherine Kozak
U-boat artifacts, divers reveal history of Torpedo Junction by Catherine Kozak
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Dare County Boat Builders Foundation, Dare County, NC
The Dare County Boat Builders Foundation is a non-profit, 501c3 organization dedicated to preserving Dare County’s boat building heritage by actively supporting the students and families within its community.
Click here for more on Dare County Youth Boat Builders Program
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How AICW and OWW Boaters will be Affected by FEC RR Bridge Work
The increasing number of bridge closings due to increased rail traffic has been a concern for some time. See All Aboard Florida Protest by Jim Healy. The St Lucie FEC RR bridge with 6 ft vertical clearance crosses the Okeechobee Waterway and connects Britt Point with Stuart. See Concerned. The Loxahatchee RR bascule bridge crosses the AICW at MM 1005. See Replacement.
How Brightline work on Loxahatchee, St. Lucie railroad drawbridges will affect boaters – TC Palm
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Ancient Nautilus, Uncertain Future
The nautilus’s lineage made it through all five of Earth’s previous mass extinctions. But can it survive the Anthropocene?
A tentacled fuzzy nautilus swims in the deep waters off the coast of Papua New Guinea. Though the nautilus is well known in some ways, it’s also mysterious; researchers studying it hope to get a handle on how it’s responding to impacts of the Anthropocene. Photo by Peter Ward
Ancient Nautilus, Uncertain Future
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Florida To Launch ‘At Risk’ Vessel Turn-In Program – Peter Swanson
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Florida To Launch ‘At Risk’ Vessel Turn-In Program
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Happy 4th of July! Key Lime Sailing Club, Key Largo, FL
Key Lime Sailing Club, A CRUISERS NET SPONSOR, always has very special offers for their visitors! Key Lime Sailing Club is a unique slice of KEYS ENJOYMENT…give it a try and let us hear about your experience.
Celebrating our FreedomThe 4th of July is the day we celebrate our freedom and the brave men and women who fought for it. It’s a day to thank those who sacrificed their lives so that we could live in a land of hope, opportunity, and equality.It’s also an opportunity for us to be grateful for all the blessings in our lives. We should take time today to remember what this country has given us: an opportunity to pursue our dreams, the chance at a better life, and the potential for success.Happy 4th of July!
Save on ASA Sailing LessonsThis is a sailing lesson deal for those who wish to learn or upgrade their sailing skills.We are happy to announce our new ASA online Hybrid sailing lessons from today until July 4th. For this special offer, watch this video by Capt. G until the end and get the coupon code. (Valid for new bookings)Learn from our award-winning sailing instructors and start sailing on your own safely and with confidence! Don’t miss out on this offer!Summer Vacation in the KeysSummer is here, and it’s time to plan your next vacation. Key Largo is the perfect place for a summer getaway. With our beautiful beaches, tropical weather, and endless things to do, you’ll never want to leave!Here are our available cottages up to September:
Book at Key Lime now! Cottage rental includes unlimited use of a 22’ sailboat (for qualified sailors), kayaks, paddle boards, water toys, bicycles, snorkel and fishing gear at no extra cost.We also offer activities such as ocean side sail and snorkel charters aboard a pirate ship, bayside sunset cruise, sailing lessons, and kayak eco-tours.Visit our website www.keylimesailingclub.com and send us a Request to Book! You can also call or text our reservation specialist at 305-451-3438 almost any time day or night! Cruise in Style aboard our 37′ Leopard CatamaranThe luxury catamaran boat for rent is the perfect way to enjoy your vacation in the Florida Keys. Imagine waking up and seeing the blue calm waters of Key Largo, imagine enjoying a cocktail and watching the beautiful sunset on the water.This is an opportunity to experience something different – something that will make your vacation one of a kind and unforgettable.You can charter this vessel for day trips or book it for overnight stays. Call 305-451-3438 for more info.
*Please note: This is only for adults with boating experience. Children and pets not allowed.
Try “Glamping” in our Lifeguard TowersWhen you see a lifeguard tower, have you ever wondered how it feels to live in one?South Dade Marina and Eco-Adventures allows you to enjoy this unique experience!The lifeguard towers are a perfect place to stay if you want to get away from the city but still be close enough to explore all of Florida’s natural beauty. You’ll feel refreshed and rejuvenated afterward.Check out a recent article about us on Newsbreak.Currently listed on AirBnb, the lifeguard towers are open for overnight or weekly camping by the Florida Everglades and provide an ultimate glamping experience. You can enjoy free use of kayaks, paddle boards, and fishing gear.You can book your reservation thru AirBnb or call us at 305-247-8730 to book directly.
Win Stays at Key Lime Sailing ClubTo our past and present guests: Here’s a chance to come back and vacation at KLSC for free! Send us pictures of your stay here and win a free 3-night stay by participating in our 12th Annual KLSC Photo Contest. Check here for details.Got a talent for video making? Enter our 9th Annual KLSC Video Contest and get a chance to win a free 5-night stay! Check here for details.We at Key Largo Cottages at Key Lime Sailing Club love our guests and we would love to see you back again for another fun-filled and relaxing Florida Keys vacation!Reservations is standing by at keylargocottages@keylimesailingclub.com or call 1-305-451-3438. Thank you and see y’all in the Florida Keys!Follow Key Lime Sailing Club and Cottages on Social Media:Learn ASA Certified Sailing at American Sailing Academy. Call us at 305-587-3205.Enjoy a Snorkel or Sunset Cruise both bay side and ocean side as well as sailboat rentals from 22 foot to 68 foot through Morning Star Sailing Charters. Call us at 305-451-7057.South Dade Marina, Wet and Dry Slips Available. Call 305-247-8730Sommerset Sails, makers of excellent quality sails for your boat.Be the first to comment!
Makers Air – Book Now and Save
All Private Charters booked before July 15th for the months of November and December, 2022 will receive 10% off the Base Fare!
Book Now and SAVE!All Private Charters booked before July 15th for the months of November and December, 2022 will receive 10% off the Base Fare!GET INSPIREDPrivate Charter on N633AHWith a private charter flight on Makers Air, the dream of traveling in style is still alive and well. We invite you to join us for a truly memorable travel experience.N633AH is a custom interior Cessna Grand Caravan EX with Executive Oasis Club seating up to eight (8) passengers, unlike any in the region. With six overstuffed white leather executive seats, one (1) Divan seat for two, and executive tables, this aircraft is the perfect solution to business or pleasure travel. With its island-chic luxurious feel, your vacation will begin the moment you board.
AMPLE CARGO SPACEPrivate Charter Services aboard our Executive Commuter AircraftTraveling with Makers Air to the Bahamas or throughout Florida will leave you feeling like royalty without the complexity of traditional air travel.With four (4) Executive Commuter Models in our fleet, we have options to accommodate the luggage that comes with a family vacation, or even the fishing gear needed to finally catch the big one!Trade crowded terminals for a boutique lounge with complimentary pre-flight bites and beverages so you can start vacationing pronto.
Our dedicated provisions, cargo and freight service offers frequent, reliable service to all our scheduled destinations in the Bahamas and private freight charters to any destination from our base in Fort Lauderdale.
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Day trips are the perfect weekend escape from the stressors of life.Fly Makers Air and join the Staniel Cay Yacht Club and Staniel Cay Adventures for Brunch or Lunch in paradise in the Exuma Cays.
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"national security issue"- what a pant load. Climate has been changing since it existed. This is a red herring pushed by the socialist left and China. China is the "national security issue". Pay attention.